ECHINACEA (Echinacea angustifolia, Echinacea purpurea, Echinacea pallid)
Other names: Coneflower, Rudbeckia, Black Sampson
The Echinacea plant is named after the Greek word for ‘hedgehog’, ‘Echinos’, in reference to the shape of the sharp-pointed leaves.
Echinacea is used for infectious disease recurrence due to a decrease in body defences and makes for an excellent immune system booster.
Echinacea was highly valued as a medicinal herb by Native Americans and early settlers in America, who used it for healing weeping wounds, boils and abscesses, and to treat snakebite. They also used it as a mouthwash, to make poultices and as a health promoting tea. In the Middle Ages, … [Read more...]

CELERY SEEDS (Apium graveolens)
Other names: Wild Celery, garden celergy, smallage
Celery seeds contain a vast array of healing properties such as counteracting body acidity, lowering blood pressure and relieving arthritis symptoms.
Celery seeds are able to provide a foundation for sound nutrition as they are high in mineral salts that help to remedy diseases such as joint pain and inflexibility.
Celery seeds also act as an excellent blood tonic. Celery seeds are an active body cleanser.
Celery originated in England and southern Europe, and now grows in most temperate zones around the world. Celery stalks and leaves are used as food, whilst the seeds are used … [Read more...]